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1 It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High,
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<<A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.>> It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, To sing praises to your name, Most High;
2 proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
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To proclaim your lovingkindness in the morning, And your faithfulness every night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
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With the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, And with the melody of the lyre.
4 For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.
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For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.
5 How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts!
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How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.
6 Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand,
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A senseless man doesn't know, Neither does a fool understand this:
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
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Though the wicked spring up as the grass, And all the evil-doers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.
8 But you, LORD, are forever exalted.
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But you, Yahweh, are on high forevermore.
9 For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
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For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, For, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evil-doers will be scattered.
10 You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me.
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But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
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My eye has also seen my enemies, My ears have heard of the evil-doers who rise up against me.
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
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The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
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They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
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They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
15 proclaiming, “The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”
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To show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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